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Description: | Copper alloy and iron brooch fragment. Copper alloy head of a simple tiny radiate headed brooch, comprising a semi-circular plate with three equidistant collared knops projecting from its ends and centre. A moulded relief motif on the plate resembles a pair of oval eyes with a brow-line above them, within a pronounced border. The top of a lightly keeled bow remains below the head plate; its lower extent is lost. On the back a U-shaped lug retains the corroded stub of an iron pin or spring, and extensive gilding traces are also preserved here. The form is of Frankish origin, an affinity reported of a small number of many finds reported from the vicinity. The gilding traces and diminutive size are also a feature of a small long brooch reported from the same location (NLM-81ED43); the two could make a working pair matched by size and finish if not by style. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.Length: 17.4mm, Width: 17.3mm, Thickness (head plate): 1.8mm, Weight: 2.70gms
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